Method For Assisting With Guiding A Surface Vessel For Towing An Underwater Device By Means Of A Cable

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for assisting with guiding a surface vessel (10) for towing an underwater device, the method comprising: a) discretising the geographical sector (21) around the surface vessel (10) into a plurality of zones (22, 23), each zone (22, 23) being ranked according to a degree of accessibility among a set of degrees of accessibility; b) calculating a set of candidate trajectories (24, 25, 26) of the surface vessel (10) in said geographical sector (21), each candidate trajectory (24, 25, 26) corresponding to a different rate of turn from the current position of the surface vessel (10); c) ranking each candidate trajectory (24, 25, 26) according to the degree of accessibility of the zone of the geographical sector through which the possible trajectory (24, 25, 26) passes, and according to the feasibility of one or more predefined actions on said candidate trajectory (24, 25, 26); and d) generating a display of the zones (22, 23) and of the candidate trajectories (24, 25, 26) on a human-machine interface, according to their ranking and/or a transmission of instructions relating to said actions.

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